The Wasp — 1892 — page 463: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

The page contains **two political cartoons** and satirical commentary typical of this San Francisco-based magazine. **Top cartoon ("Lend Me Your Ear")**: Depicts two grotesque faces in close conversation. The text discusses "the gay and festive freshmen of the University" who invented a new amusement involving "Oakland ferry-boats" and a sliding door. The satire targets wealthy young men's frivolous behavior and mock-serious Hibernian (Irish) characterizations. **Bottom cartoon**: Shows a wasp confronting two large legs labeled "The pair of indescribable legs the Wasp has previously buzzed of are again in full glory." This references an ongoing satirical running gag about particular legs—likely a public figure's—that The Wasp repeatedly mocked. The page blends social satire with personal ridicule typical of 19th-century American humor magazines, targeting both elite leisure culture and specific individuals through repeated visual motifs.